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METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.



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a: alternating-current ~
b: a-hand-saw

Writer: Pentium100 --Date: July 25, 2024

a: cache ~
b: junk-drawer

Writer: Patrick O'Keefe and Richard Douglas --Date: July 25, 2024

a: cache ~
b: desk

Writer: Sri Parameswaran et al. --Date: July 25, 2024


a: self-control ~
b: empathy-with-your-future-self

Writer: Ed Yong --Date: July 25, 2024

a: doubt ~
b: shadow

Writer: Hugh Macleod --Date: July 24, 2024

a: breaking-up ~
b: getting-stitches-without-painkillers

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 23, 2024


a: analogy ~
b: cognition

Writer: Boicho Kokinov --Date: July 23, 2024

a: nostalgia ~
b: loud-drunk

Writer: Bruce Ballenger --Date: July 23, 2024

a: persuasive-writing ~
b: house-painting

Writer: Joel J. Kassiola --Date: July 23, 2024


a: doubt ~
b: a-cloud

Writer: Alex Young --Date: July 22, 2024

a: neuron-communication ~
b: electrical-power-transmission

Writer: Mary Jane Peterson --Date: July 22, 2024

a: biodiversity ~
b: drama-comedy-or-tragedy

Writer: Jim Taylor, UNH --Date: July 22, 2024


a: chromatography ~
b: a-horse-race-with-a-muddy-track

Writer: steve_geo1 --Date: July 22, 2024

a: photography ~
b: window

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 21, 2024

a: snoopy ~
b: kenny

Writer: flcl_Wizard --Date: July 19, 2024


a: self-restraint ~
b: hoops-on-a-barrel

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 18, 2024

a: recessive-gene ~
b: a-piece-of-white-paper

Writer: andrea c --Date: July 18, 2024

a: holy-spirit ~
b: a-man-with-a-lamp

Writer: Ian Thomas --Date: July 18, 2024


a: dopamine ~
b: a-messenger

Writer: Doctor Volkow --Date: July 17, 2024

a: complement-system ~
b: sword-which-is-sharp-at-both-edges

Writer: Navisraj Balagunaseela --Date: July 17, 2024

a: your-cat ~
b: linus-from-peanuts-

Writer: John Wright --Date: July 17, 2024


a: csi ~
b: a-rotting-corpse-fetish

Writer: StickyLips --Date: July 17, 2024

a: electrophoresis ~
b: stream-containing-many-nets-with-holes

Writer: J. T. Spencer --Date: July 16, 2024

a: double-helix ~
b: a-zipper-that-unzips

Writer: Griffiths AJF --Date: July 16, 2024


a: double-helix ~
b: twisted-rope-ladder

Writer: Londonlady --Date: July 16, 2024

a: double-helix ~
b: atom

Writer: brian wallenstein --Date: July 16, 2024

a: photosynthesis ~
b: money-put-into-a-savings-account

Writer: drhglatzer --Date: July 15, 2024


a: photosynthesis ~
b: packing-a-lunch-to-eat-later

Writer: Rene Fester Kratz et al. --Date: July 15, 2024

a: obesity ~
b: a-bad-friend

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 15, 2024

a: the-kingdom-of-god ~
b: an-oak-tree

Writer: Jeff Says --Date: July 15, 2024


a: justice ~
b: water

Writer: Ted Grimsrud --Date: July 14, 2024

a: skepticism ~
b: the-gateway-drug

Writer: Sarah Hamilton --Date: July 14, 2024

a: casablanca ~
b: a-great-knotted-ball-of-knitting-yarn

Writer: TAHIR SHAH --Date: July 14, 2024


a: spindle-fibers ~
b: puppet-strings

Writer: Robert Harrison --Date: July 13, 2024

a: thermodynamics ~
b: gambling

Writer: Ed Gerstner --Date: July 13, 2024

a: a-modern-art-museum ~
b: being-on-chatroullete

Writer: corey --Date: July 12, 2024


a: collagen ~
b: the-steel-of-the-building

Writer: Dr. Leconey --Date: July 12, 2024

a: adaptation ~
b: a-round-or-circular-dance

Writer: JM Welsh --Date: July 10, 2024

a: human-nature ~
b: a-garden-in-need-of-a-gardener

Writer: Gregory Watson --Date: July 10, 2024


a: osteoporosis ~
b: termites

Writer: LINDA JOHNSON --Date: July 10, 2024

a: mammalian-cell ~
b: water-balloon

Writer: LucretiaGermanica --Date: July 10, 2024

a: breasts ~
b: oatmeal

Writer: Dr. Barrett --Date: July 10, 2024


a: new-car-smell ~
b: cilantro

Writer: Jane Maynard --Date: July 9, 2024

a: momentum ~
b: electric-charge

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 9, 2024

a: imagination ~
b: running-perception-in-reverse

Writer: Gregory Berns --Date: July 9, 2024


a: electrolysis ~
b: a-fuel-cell-in-reverse

Writer: Edward S. Cassedy, ‎Peter Z. Grossman --Date: July 9, 2024

a: electrolysis ~
b: a-fuel-cell-in-reverse

Writer: Edward S. Cassedy, ‎Peter Z. Grossman --Date: July 8, 2024

a: imagination ~
b: running-perception-in-reverse

Writer: Gregory Berns --Date: July 8, 2024


a: a-broken-heart ~
b: being-thrown-out-of-a-bentley

Writer: msgrewal --Date: July 8, 2024

a: motivation ~
b: elastic-band

Writer: Daniel --Date: July 8, 2024

a: a-broken-heart ~
b: being-thrown-out-of-a-bentley

Writer: msgrewal --Date: July 6, 2024


a: inertia ~
b: leaves-on-a-net

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 6, 2024

a: math ~
b: cartoonists

Writer: Kalid Azad --Date: July 6, 2024

a: glycolysis ~
b: investing-money-to-make-more-money

Writer: Robin Francis Tillman --Date: July 6, 2024


a: society ~
b: language

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 5, 2024

a: chemical-battery ~
b: 2-buckets

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 5, 2024

a: technology ~
b: an-iceberg

Writer: Brian Beiswenger --Date: July 4, 2024


a: skin-care ~
b: working-out

Writer: Kristin Bassett --Date: July 4, 2024

a: society ~
b: language

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 4, 2024

a: electric-field ~
b: moving-a-coconut-off-the-ground

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 4, 2024


a: the-raft-of-the-medusa ~
b: a-novel

Writer: JAMES ANDERSON --Date: July 4, 2024

a: the-raft-of-the-medusa ~
b: a-novel

Writer: JAMES ANDERSON --Date: July 3, 2024

a: breasts ~
b: oatmeal

Writer: Dr. Barrett --Date: July 3, 2024


a: electric-field ~
b: moving-a-coconut-off-the-ground

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 3, 2024

a: electric-field ~
b: ski-slope

Writer: Regina Demina , Professor of Physics --Date: July 3, 2024

a: water-cycle ~
b: the-engine-of-the-earth

Writer: Micha Tomkiewicz, Ph.D --Date: July 2, 2024


a: commitment ~
b: surfing

Writer: Jericho Rosales --Date: July 2, 2024

a: meiosis ~
b: a-plant-that-is-always-producing-fruit

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 2, 2024

a: socialism ~
b: free-energy-or-perpetual-machines

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 1, 2024


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